Chords for Dave Van Ronk - St.James Infirmary

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[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ was [F] down in old [Bb] Joe's bar room, _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] on _ a [Gb] corner _ _ by [F] the square.
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] They were [F] serving drinks [Bbm] as usual. _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ The usual [Fm] crowd [Bb] _ was there. _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] On _ [F] my left stood [Bb] big Joe McKennedy. _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] His _ [Gb] eyes _ bloodshot [F] red. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] Turned to the crowd _ [Bbm] _ around him.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] These are the very [Bbm] _
_ words he [Bb] said.
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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ I _ _
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[Bb] _ went down [F] to that St.
[Bbm] James infirmary.
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_ Saw [Gb] my [F] baby there.
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[F] Stretched out on a _ [Bbm] long white table.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ So sweet, [Fm] so cold, [Bb] _ so fair.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ Let her [F] go, let [Bb] her go, [F] God bless her.
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Wherever she may [F] be, _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ she may [F] search this [Bbm] _ wide [Bb] world over.
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[Bb] Never find a sweet [F] man _ [Bbm]
like me.
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[Bb] _ When [F] I die, [Bb] please bury me.
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In my [Gb] high top Stetson [F] hat.
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ Put a [F] twenty dollar gold [Bbm] piece on my watch [Eb]
chain.
_ [Bb] God will know [Bbm] I died standing back.
[F] _ _ I [Bb] want six [F] crack [Bb] shooters, _ [F] four bearers.
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Cora's [Gb] gonna sing me [F] a song. _
_ _ [Bb] Put a _ [F] _
jazz [Bbm] band on [Eb] my hood wagon.
[Bb] _ Reds, [Bbm] hellers, I stole _ along.
_ [F] _ _ Roll [Bb] out your rubber [F] _ _ _ [Bb] tired, rubber [F] tired carriage.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gb] Roll out your old [F] time hat. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] There's twelve [Bbm] men [Db] going to the [Eb] graveyard.
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And [F] eleven _ [Bbm] coming back. _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] Let her go, _ [F] _
let [Bb] her go, [F] God bless her.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gb] Wherever she [F] may _ be, _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
she [F] may search this [Gb] _ wide world [Eb] over.
Never [Bb] find a sweet [F] _
[Bbm] man [Bb] like me.
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_ [Bbm] _ Now [F] that _ [Bb] _
_ told [F] my story, I'm [Bb] gonna [Gb] take another shot [F] of booze. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] And _ _ [Bbm] if anybody [Eb] should happen to [Bb] ask you,
I [Bbm] got those _ gambler's blues.
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